Director/PDMR Shareholding

TO: Regulatory Information Service PR Newswire RE: Paragraph 3.1.4 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules The notification listed below was received under Paragraph 3.1.2 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Diageo plc (the "Company") announces that it received notification on 19 April 2012 that Larry Schwartz, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised an option, on 19 April 2012, over 13,450 American Depository Shares ("ADS")* granted under the Company's Senior Executive Share Option Plan ("SESOP"). The options were granted on 20 September 2005 at an exercise price of $59.40 per ADS. Mr Schwartz subsequently sold 11,200 ADS on 19 April 2012, at an average price per ADS of $101.99. He retains the balance of 2,250 ADS. As a result of these transactions, the interests of Mr Schwartz in the Company's ADS (excluding options, awards under the Company's LTIPs and interests as potential beneficiary of the Company's Employee Benefit Trusts) has increased to 11,694 ADS. J Nicholls Deputy Company Secretary 20 April 2012 *1 ADS is the equivalent of 4 Ordinary Shares

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